Macron Urges Lebanon in US-Iran Ceasefire

0:00On April 8th, French President Emmanuel Macron just weighed in on the fresh U.S. Iran ceasefire, saying he urged both sides to honor it everywhere, including Lebanon, even as Israeli strikes keep pounding Beirut and killing folks there. The U.S. and Iran inked the two-week pause on Tuesday, but Israel ramped up with its deadliest hits on Lebanon yet, taking out more than 250. People since the Hezbollah clashes kicked off last month. Israel and the U.S. insist Lebanon stays out of that deal, while Pakistan, who helped broker it, claims Beirut's covered. Macron hit the phones with Iran's President Masoud Pizeskian and U.S. President Donald Trump, stressing Lebanon has to be in for any truth to stick. He also called Lebanese President Joseph Aum and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, slamming Israel's strikes as reckless and a real threat to the whole. Thing holding up. Sources say Iran told Goetheens that no deals real without Lebanon looped in, and Macron agrees that must tackle Iran's nuclear push, missiles, regional moves, and straight

1:03of Hormuz blockages too. He's backing Lebanon's borders, sovereignty, and plans to disarm Hezbollah. With strikes still lighting up the sky and talks hanging by a thread, everyone's watching if this fragile pause spreads or shatters next. You've been listening to Global News today, AI-powered Global Coverage.